The more I listen to what comes out of Justin Trudeau's mouth the more convinced I am that he is indeed in "over his head" and should he manage to deceive his way into power with the vacuous promises we have been hearing disaster would befall this country as night follows day.
Consider his latest "promise." He claims he would cancel legislation requiring native leaders to disclose salaries.
He would "work with" First Nations for a more "respectful" alternative to the existing legislation which is to say he prefers the status quo by which the chiefs would be able to continue to keep secret from band members their ridiculous salaries. The First Nations Financial Transparency Act revealed that one B.C. chief made more than $900,000 and has exposed similar excessive salaries by other chiefs. The Act was negotiated at length and in great detail with Shawn Atleo, the then AFN National Chief, and the Federal Government. Mr. Atleo called it “the latest attempt and a sincere, constructive effort on the part of Prime Minister Stephen Harper to take a step forward.”
It should be obvious to Trudeau that he would be working with the very people who have a strong vested interest in keeping their incomes secret from band members. He would remove a required transparency that allows band members to properly examine their leaders spending practices. Trudeau is saying in effect that he prefers the "entitlement mentality", privilege, corruption and secrecy to transparency and accountability.
The gaffes and silly remarks just keep piling up with ever increasing evidence of a cluttered and undisciplined mind and the obvious deficiencies of the man who would be PM. It is style and not substance and empty rhetoric with no reality.
We know little about the Liberal Party's 2015 platform. This we know about Trudeau. He would legalize marijuana; make his party a pro-choice only party; has a peculiar love of China and mosques; and that he is relying heavily on name recognition and nostalgia in his hopes to be elected. When substance and character are replaced by style and superficiality, good government should not be expected.
